This is so much better than Heartwork. That was such a letdown after the yuckiness that was The Canyon or whatever it was called.
The Canyon has some gems. Over And Over Again is such a good song. But yeah that production is rough.
I'd take an ambitious hot mess like Canyon over a focus grouped nothingburger like this any day of the week
Artwork Vulnerable The Used Shallow Believer Lies for the Liars In Love and Death Imaginary Enemy Heartwork Toxic Positivity The Canyon
The Used In Love And Death Shallow Believer Artwork Heartwork Vulnerable Lies For The Liars Toxic Positivity The Canyon Imaginary Enemy
The Canyon Lies for the Liars In Love & Death Self-Titled Vulnerable Artwork Shallow Believer The Ocean of the Sky Toxic Positivity Heartwork Imaginary Enemy
The Used In Love and Death Shallow Believer Lies for the Liars Artwork Heartwork Vulnerable Toxic Positivity The Canyon Imaginary Enemy
Unfortunately very forgettable and just… average album. Couple of OK songs but really there are no highs? I really enjoyed Heartwork and the wide range of sounds and experimentation, despite some of its clunkers I find it to be a VASTLY superior record to this… and the rollout for TP has been bizarre. Substitute in a few tracks from Heartwork Deluxe and drop the spoken word track and Heartwork could have been a complete classic front-to-back (still probably my favourite Used album though)!
Relistening to In Love And Death and I didn't really notice until now how much MCR influence is on that album.
S/t ILAD Artwork LFTL The rest. Vulnerable and Imaginary Enemy are so faceless and forgettable that they might actually be worse than The Canyon, which just needs better production, and the new one, which at least has a personality
S/T Artwork ILAD Heartwork LFTL Vulnerable Shallow Believer Toxic Positivity The Canyon Imaginary Enemy I still think Heartwork is the best thing they've done in soooo long.